[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Coastal Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/24/2002 3:28:37 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WHUS41 KPHI 242025
CFWPHI
NJZ012>014-020-026-250400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
259 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2002

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST...

IN NEW JERSEY...
MONMOUTH...OCEAN...AND MIDDLESEX.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL SPLIT IN TWO AS IT MOVES 
NORTHEAST ALONG THE APPALACHIANS TODAY. THE LOW WILL THEN CONSOLIDATE
INTO ONE CENTER AGAIN AS IT RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A STRONG STORM 
OVER THE DELAWARE BAY AROUND MIDDAY CHRISTMAS. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE 
TO TRACK NORTH CLOSE NEW JERSEY.

GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE ENTIRE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY AND 
DELAWARE INCLUDING DELAWARE BAY. 

HIGH TIDE WEDNESDAY ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM 
AND 12 NOON. MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN IN OCEAN AND 
MONMOUTH COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.  
 
THE WINDS WILL BECOME ONSHORE AND STEADILY INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT
THEN SWITCH TO THE SOUTH BY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY AND NORTH BY THE 
EVENING WITH GUSTS REACHING 50 MPH. THE WIND SHIFT IS NOT EXPECTED 
UNTIL AFTER THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE PROMPTING THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. 
FOR AREAS DOWNBEACH AND DELAWARE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AT SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY OCCURS AT 1140 AM
AND AT SEASIDE HEIGHTS NEW JERSEY 1110 AM WEDNESDAY WITH A HEIGHT OF 
SEVEN AND A HALF FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THIS IS THE 
BEGINNING OF MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING. BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY 
AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE OCCURS A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER 
IN THE BACK BAYS. 

THE STORM WILL MOVE RATHER QUICKLY REDUCING THE RAINFALL POTENTIAL 
ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN 
WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME ADDITIONAL FLOODING IF IT COINCIDES WITH THE 
APPROACH OF HIGH TIDE. 

RESIDENTS IN AREAS SUBJECT TO TIDAL FLOODING ARE REMINDED TO MOVE 
THEIR VEHICLES PRIOR TO THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. 

STAY TUNED TO OTHER STATEMENTS ISSUED LATER TODAY. YOU CAN ACCESS 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING 
ADDRESS, WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

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